Chinazom Doris Amadi (born 12 September 1987) is a Nigerian long jumper.
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| Nationality |  Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won the bronze medal at the 2006 African Championships. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she finished fourth, missing the bronze medal by a two centimetre margin.[1] At the 2008 African Championships she won the silver medal.
Her personal best jump is 6.43 metres (21 feet 1 inch), achieved in May 2007 in Lagos.
She was the gold medallist in the long jump at the 2015 African Games, but was stripped of this title after failing a drug test for methenolone.[2] She was banned for four years, until 15 September 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2007 All-Africa Games, women's long jump final Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Doping ban shock for Nigeria. IOL (2016-01-24). Retrieved on 2016-01-24.
- ^ IAAF list of sanctioned athletes